collective bargaining

DHA, AFGE cement workplace policies for 38K DoD health employees

For the first time ever, a new bargaining agreement between DHA and AFGE outlines cohesive policies on leave, work hours, official time, telework and much…

Unions

TSA, AFGE aim to expand workforce options in new 7-year contract

Unions

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Updated 3/13 with Education Dept: A running list of agencies’ return-to-office plans

Workforce

TSA finally gets its pay raise: Here’s how we got here, and what comes next

Federal Report

NSF

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NSF announces return-to-office changes before finishing negotiations, drawing union ire

Unions

White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

Unions

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VA expects to ‘significantly expedite’ hiring process by giving some applicants shorter window to apply

Veterans Affairs

Agencies, unions should work together to correct any bargaining unit eligibility errors

Unions

Expanded telework just one of many changes in NSF’s new union contract

Workforce

AFGE, Education resolve years of negotiations in settlement of over 20 disputes

Unions

Media set up before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its second public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Some arguments against the move for unionization on Capitol Hill

Unions

FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. On Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming The IRS will issue a fourth round of stimulus checks to Americans in February 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS makes rare call to set higher gas reimbursement rate for rest of 2022

The IRS outlined “pass-through” provisions of its 2022 National Agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union, which apply to agency managers…

Benefits

1,400 EEOC employees will return to the office, but union negotiations still ongoing

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced reentry deadline for its union employees, but the agency’s in-person plans remain undetermined…

Unions

If the government forces you back to the office, you’ve got rights

Workforce Rights/Governance

Perhaps on purpose, but the administration has offered only vague guidance on when or if or which federal employees must return to their offices.